The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-21
A SERIOUS STORM.
AND REFLECTIONS
BYAN UNROOFED REPORTER.
Damage by Wind and storm In Various
sections Four Tenements on south Pine
Street Unroofed aud One Gutted No
Loss of Life or Injury to Limb.

Sections Four Tenements ON south Pine
Street Unroofed aud One Gutted No
Loss of Life or Injury to Limb.
After the paragraph on the hot weather
in another part Of the paper had been
penned yesterday evening the city was
visited by a'severe thunder, wind and rain
storm. II was not Of long duration but
was very destructive in some parts Of the
city
During the day, Notwithstanding the
great heat. a number Of clouds had low
cred over our housetops, and soon after
. o'clock there were all the premonitOry
symptoms Of an impending storm Ii
began raining about 6.3O o'clock, and
with the rain came a small sized cyclone
that ragged violently for some time. If
this account Of the said storm and its
consequent damage shall be very meagre
or rather confirmed too much 20 one
locality, the TINES reporter trusts his
friends will not censure him. He was
one of the unroofed At his humble
residence and that of his esteemed neigh
bOrs the damage was much the greatest,
at least as far as he has heard reported
The truth to tell, after viewing the wreck
at sweet home his interest in subse-
quent proceedings was materially
lesscncd
I'm the language of some great un-
known, lie had been there and knew how
IL was himself
CHEERFUL MESSAGE.
II was about 7 o'clock when I'm answer
10 telephone tick he received the cheer
ful intelligence, " The top of your house
has blown of and things are i'm pretty
mess. Hurry home This injunction
was 0beyed 90 the letter. One of Suther-
lands CUR eys carried him 90 South Pine
street in twinkling of an eve or as
fast as horse flesh and the city ordinance
would allow The drive was made with
feelings of great suspensetlln that un
rooted house was mucn that was near
and dear TO him. Dear.r than all in this
wide earth besides, and no mention had
been made of them.
Some time however. before the house
wa. reached kind friends had shouted 10
him the welcome news nobody hurt
This cup then had passed away, and
what was the loss of few paltry dol
lars. or the minor hardship chat the dis
aster might entail when no precious life
had been lost and no limb injured
As Doe alightc1 from the cab the writer
was warmly welcomed by many friends
who repeated the assurance that all was
we'll
SCENE or WRECK.
But q sad change had come over the
spot which hlt little over TWO hours be-
fore hc bad left The four tenemenis at
Nos ilG, AIS, l20 and i22 South Pine
street. had been entirely unroofcd. The
roofs of the first two were carried into
the middle of the street. those Of Nos.
42O and l22 had fallen ON the pOrches
and I'm front of the houses.
40 42l. q small frame tenement owned
and occupied by Miss + Virginia Glenn,
was almost completely gutled Nos. ilG
and AIS were unOccupied They are owned
by Mrs. Patrick H. Siarke and managed
bv Captain +. D. Starkc Nos 420 and
492 are owned by Mrs. +. ID. llOtcAkiss
and were managed lv the lamcnted Fur
man Tuppcr NO I2O is occupied by Mr.
James 4. Gentry. of the DAILY TINES
Al the time of the accident there were IN
the house his mother. sister, and two
nephcws. sons Of Mr. Thomas W Gentry
They were all in the dinning-rO0m. which
is the back room of The first floor. They
heard the crash. but the first intimation
they had of the accident was when friends
rang al the door and prohered assist
ance.
HELP FROM WILLING HANDS.
80 422 is occupied by Mr William p
Christian, with his wife, wfe's mother,
and several children No one was hnrt
Strange 90 say. IN neither house was
there any damage 90 properly. The root
was completely lifted of and carried into
the street n was raining az the time,
but I'm few minutes "a hundred men,
with true hearts and willing hands, had
removed every article that could be dam
aged ont of danger
Miss Glenn is The heaviest loser and
for her the sympathy was very general.
Kind friends will no doubt, however, see
To il that she does not suffer After see
mg that his family were not injured and
that the property was al least partially
secured. the reporter was compelled 10
return 20 his duties.
The escape of all of The inmates from
injury was no doubt owing to the fact
that none of them were in the sec
ond story. Although from the nature Of
the accident il is probable that all would
have been safe. as the roofs were lifted
bodily and landed clear of the building
and there were no fall of timbers or plas-
tering II was one of O. ose proyidential
occurrences that so often happen and
which are far beyond our mortal ken and
philosophy
HAILOWED BIZ THY NAME.
ON his way 10 the scene of the wreck
described above and back 10 the office.
made by different routes, he noticed many
trees blown down, fences demolished, and
the Salvation Army tent wrecked. There
was no doubt great damage inflicted in
other parts of the city; but for reasons
above mentioned and the fact that this
report must be abbreviated for the reason
that he leaves his post earlier tonight
than he would if be had roof over his
head. the writer asks that the omissions
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